The Archival Workspace: An Accidental Ethnography

Sebastian Schmidt is a PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art at MIT. With a background in cultural studies, his work brings together interdisciplinary methodologies in the study of urban history. His dissertation From Global War to Global Cities: Planning, Art, and Post-WWII Urban History in New York, Berlin, and Tokyo investigates the relationship between WWII and the emergence of global and transnational urban thought. His writing has been published in collections by Ashgate, Routledge, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.